Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on opening the Scarborough Community Diagnostic Centre.

The Scarborough Gateway Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has been delivering diagnostic activity since October 2023 from a temporary location at Bridlington Hospital. To date, the CDC has delivered 57,962 diagnostic tests, including magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, phlebotomy, and echocardiography.

The permanent site at Great Hill, Scarborough, is scheduled to begin delivering activity in February 2026. The CDC is expected to become fully operational in March 2026 and in April 2026 it will offer at least one service with 12 hours a day, seven days a week extended hours.

This supports the Government’s commitment in the Elective Reform Plan to open CDCs 12 hours per day, seven days a week so that patients can access vital diagnostic tests around their busy working lives. 103 CDCs are now open across these extended hours, an increase of 40 since July 2024.

The Elective Reform Plan commits to transform and expand diagnostic services and speed up waiting times for tests, a crucial part of reducing overall waiting times and returning to the referral to treatment 18-week standard.